Again, its been awhile. Just to update, I felted the purple bag. Arghhhhh! It did not come out like I had hoped. What a frustrating situation. The problem is that I should have known better. My swatch shrunk very little width-wise, but tons length-wise. So, of course when I felted it, it ended up puckering around the top opening of the bag. It also came out much shorter than I expected. I had washed it once, & I liked the way it looked, but wanted it felted just a bit more. So I put it through another cycle on the machine...arghhhhh! I wish I had stopped when I had it to where I liked it. So now I have a short, puckery bag that used a pricey yarn that I'm unhappy with. How sad.
So what went wrong? I'm actually not sure. When I felted my swatch piece, I washed it 4 times to get it the way it is shown in the pictures. So why did it felt so much when I only washed it twice? Could the size of the piece be a factor? I don't know.
This won't deter me from doing future felting projects, though. I still love the look & the feel of the finished product. I'm disappointed because I loved the look of the yarn after felting. I'm disappointed because I used practically all of that yarn. I'm disappointed because I was really looking forward to the finished bag. Sigh.
Oh well, I'll move on & work on something else to occupy my time!
